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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Research leave: a difficult decision
It may seem odd for me to use the blog this week to discuss the issue of research leave at a particularly busy part of the teaching year when research is furthest from many people’s minds, but a fascinating article … Read More
The start of my second year!
I can’t quite believe it myself, but I have held my first permanent job for exactly a year now! I suppose I feel a little bit like the returning second year undergraduates who this week are heading back to their … Read More
Impact of government policies: some thoughts!
Depending on the subject you teach and how advanced you are in your career, as an HE lecturer you will probably have a lot of autonomy over what it is you actually teach the students. Colleagues will have to approve … Read More
The minefield of research funding
At Manchester Met we are divided into departments for teaching purposes and then we have separate research centres which include scholars from several different fields that manage our research interests. It is to them that we would apply for large … Read More


